My art is very personal to me. I fancy myself a poet, a story teller and a songwriter. My medium is physical rather than oral. I fall in love with each piece I create because they all come from a place deep inside me. My inspirations come from many different sources, lyrics from songs floating around in my head, a model that settles into a pose and wears his or her emotion on their body, a feeling or inner thought that needs to be expressed, the day-to-day observation of the human spirit, even a family photograph that provokes wonderful memories. Every day we all experience a complex mix of emotions and I try to bring these out in my work by telling a story that is unique to each viewer.

I spend a little of everyday in my studio developing ideas in small clay sketches in a variety of poses. The more interesting of these become preliminary studies for larger, more complete works. I prefer to work with water base clay. The organic composition of the clay has a life of its own. The way it moves through your fingers creating its own dimensions as you manipulate it. The loose textures I use on my art add to the interest and the depth of my work and open the piece to interpretation by the viewer. I want people who see my work to interact with piece on their own terms, so they can decide for themselves what the piece means to them. My work allows the observer to connect and sympathize with the rest of mankind by feeling and contemplating those experiences that make us human.

HONORS and AWARDS
2007    Sculpture Walk, Sioux Falls, SD
            People’s Choice Award - Sculpture Tour, Gunnison, Colorado
            Certificate of Merit – Carnegie Garden Juried Exhibit - Colorado Springs, Colorado
2006    People’s Choice Award - Sculptures in the Streets, Mesa, Arizona
2004    Adonis Bronze Foundries Award - Sculptural Pursuit Magazine
            Honorarium - Art on the Plaza - Sheridan, Wyoming
2003    Featured Artist - Sculpture Along the Trinity at Bear Creek - Keller, Texas
2001    Featured Artist - American Women Artists Competition Exhibition -Santa Fe, New Mexico
            Scottsdale Award - Scottsdale Artists’ School/Meyer Gallery
2000    Award for Sculpture - Scottsdale Artists’ School - Best and Brightest Scottsdale, Arizona
1998    Silver Medal for Sculpture - Allied Artists of America, New York, New York
            Best of Sculpture - Art Students League of Denver - Denver, Colorado
1997    Working Scholarship - Scottsdale Artists School
1992    Roman Bronze Award - 46th Pen and Brush Sculpture Exhibition, New York

EXHIBITIONS
2009    American Women Artists National Exhibition – Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena, California
2007    Art and Friends, RL Foster Galleries – Denver, Colorado
2004    Frelinghuysen Morris Museum – Lennox, Massachusetts
            National Sculpture Society Annual Awards Exhibition
Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
2003    National Sculpture Society – New York City, New York
            Sculpture Along the Trinity at Bear Creek – Keller, Texas
2002    American Women Artists Fifth Annual National Competition
            The Columbine Gallery and The Inn at Loretto – Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001    American Women Artist Fourth Annual National Competition
            The Southwest Contemporary Gallery – Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000    Scottsdale Artists School – Best and Brightest – Scottsdale, Arizona
1999    National Sculpture Society “Everyday Life” Exhibit – New York, New York
            Allied Artists of America Annual Show – New York, New York
            Danada Sculpture gardens – Lombard, Illinois
            Southwest Classis Invitational – Kerrville, Texas
1998    Southwest Classis Invitational – Kerrville, Texas
            Charlene Cody Gallery – Santa Fe, New Mexico
            Sculpture Along the Trinity – Fort Worth, Texas
            Danada Sculpture Gardens – Lombard, Illinois
            Allied Artists Annual Show – New York, New York
1997    Colorado Clay – Foothills Art Center – Golden, Colorado
            Colorado Art Open – Foothills Art Center – Golden, Colorado
1996    Pen and Brush – New York, New York
            Artists of Colorado Exhibition – Colorado History Museum – Denver, Colorado
            Spring Showcase – The photo Mirage Gallery – Denver, Colorado
1995-2004       Sculpture in the Park – Loveland, Colorado
1993-1994       Loveland Sculpture Invitational – Loveland, Colorado
1992    Allied Artists of American Exhibition – New York, New York
            Pen and Brush – New York, New York

1990-1995       Art Students League of Denver Exhibition – Denver, Colorado

AFFILIATIONS
National Sculpture Society – Associate Member
Allied Artists of America – Associate member
Art Students League of Denver
American Women Artists – Contributing Member

EDUCATION
1990 – Present
            Art Students League – Denver Colorado
            Art Students League Professional Non-Instructed Sculpture Group
            Lynn Olsen – Cement Sculpture workshop
            Kristen Kokkin – Figurative and Portrait Sculpting
            John Birney – Figurative Sculpting
            Ken Bunn – Wildlife Sculpting
            Gerald Balciar – Wildlife Sculpting
            Emanual Martinez – Anatomy
1998 – 2002
            Scottsdale Artists School – Scottsdale, Arizona
            Stanley Bleifield
            Floyd Tennison DeWitt
            Arapahoe Community College – Littleton, Colorado
            Kathy Holyt – Ceramics
            Robert Kerr – Architecture Drawing
            William Miller – Architecture Drawing
1998    Loveland Sculptue Academy – Loveland, Colorado
            Eugene Daub
1992    Evergreen, Colorado